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Great - I think the evidence points to Sheffield Charlie but I can’t make out the first word of the etch at all ... I don’t think it says Firth and not enough room for Sheffield ..
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Lee
RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 12:52 pm
I put all the Terrier knives and razors into a glass top display case I bought at the Lexington Knife Show.
I love the display Charlie.
Especially the Barlow with TCC on the bolster.
I've been looking for one of those for a long time.
I've never even seen one in person, just pictures.
David
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
One of my big regrets is that when first informed about Terriers by Cindy Taylor in the late 1980's, I declined to pursue or purchase them as I wanted "Robesons".
I passed up some great Terriers back when hardly anyone knew how old or great they were.
Now, it's difficult to find nice ones and there is more competition for them, so they cost more.
There's a nice jack on Ebay right now, but I'm not bidding on it.
Charlie
DE OPPRESSO LIBER
"...Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons ___but they are helpless against our prayers. "
I searched "Terrier knife" on ebay and it brought up a few Bulldog knives, no USA Terrier knife. Charlie could you give a link or auction #.
thanks, kj
I was sitting in a parking lot last week while my wife was seeing one of her doctors and thought I’d check my e-mail on my cell phone.
I had a message from Lloyd Duff alerting me to a nice looking Terrier on EBay.
I looked at it, found it desirable and tried to buy it via the Buy-It-Now option, but could not as I was not logged into EBay on the phone and had no idea what my password might be. I know. Go figure.
Three hours later, when I finally got to my PC, the knife was still listed and I bought it, hoping it was as nice as it appeared.
This is what I received.
It is a 3 1/4” pearl handled Terrier Congress Whittler with a sheep foot master and two pens. The blades are close to mint with crocus polish on the front and glaze finish on the back. They all have half-stops and audible snaps opening, closing and at the half-stops.
Master is stamped TERRIER / CUTLERY / ROCHESTER, N.Y. And the pens are both marked TERRIER / CUTLERY. There is a dog’s head on the back of the master and and the pattern number 21 / 732 in two lines on one of the pens. That equates to a Robeson six digit number of 732021, which would be an early shape pattern at 021.
There is a little scratch on the front handle, otherwise they are in great condition.
Interestingly, after I received the knife, the seller listed another just like it, but not as nice. I looked at his list of auctions and he has five Congress Whittlers on EBay, all of different manufacturers. I found that very interesting.
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DE OPPRESSO LIBER
"...Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons ___but they are helpless against our prayers. "
RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:46 pm
I was sitting in a parking lot last week while my wife was seeing one of her doctors and thought I’d check my e-mail on my cell phone.
I had a message from Lloyd Duff alerting me to a nice looking Terrier on EBay.
I looked at it, found it desirable and tried to buy it via the Buy-It-Now option, but could not as I was not logged into EBay on the phone and had no idea what my password might be. I know. Go figure.
Three hours later, when I finally got to my PC, the knife was still listed and I bought it, hoping it was as nice as it appeared.
This is what I received.
It is a 3 1/4” pearl handled Terrier Congress Whittler with a sheep foot master and two pens. The blades are close to mint with crocus polish on the front and glaze finish on the back. They all have half-stops and audible snaps opening, closing and at the half-stops.
Master is stamped TERRIER / CUTLERY / ROCHESTER, N.Y. And the pens are both marked TERRIER / CUTLERY. There is a dog’s head on the back of the master and and the pattern number 21 / 732 in two lines on one of the pens. That equates to a Robeson six digit number of 732021, which would be an early shape pattern at 021.
There is a little scratch on the front handle, otherwise they are in great condition.
Interestingly, after I received the knife, the seller listed another just like it, but not as nice. I looked at his list of auctions and he has five Congress Whittlers on EBay, all of different manufacturers. I found that very interesting.
Congratulations Charlie, that is a beauty.
David
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
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